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Unique fragrance created for The Queen as a jubilee year Christmas gift taken to the Palace today

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) today conveyed to Buckingham Palace a fragrance created for The Queen as a Christmas gift for the end of her Diam

Insulin dose through the nose - the end of injections for diabetics?

Scientists have developed a once-a-day nasal gel formulation for the delivery of insulin that could put an end to injections for Type 1 diabetes suffe

Halloween chemical prank condemned by Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry today condemned a website which suggested a Halloween practical joke that could be very harmful.

Bill Bryson Science Communication Prize winners attend Westminster award ceremony

Award-winning young science communicators will gather at the House of Commons in London today to meet author Bill Bryson and collect their awards for

Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded for G-protein-coupled receptors

RSC teacher training scholarships to attract top graduates to become exceptional chemistry teachers

New teacher training scholarships in chemistry led by the RSC have been announced today.

One hundred years on, the RSC celebrates progress towards realising father of photochemistry's vision

The Royal Society of Chemistry is marking the centenary of the publication of a seminal paper authored by the 'father of photochemistry'.

RSC receives an incredible response to its Mpemba Effect competition

There has been, and still is, worldwide interest in an RSC competition in which we offered £1000 to the person submitting the most imaginative, scient

RSC launches £1 million Gold for Gold initiative as Open Access transition begins

The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced a groundbreaking £1 million initiative to support British researchers as they begin the transition to Gol

RSC honours Oxford University team behind diabetic breakthrough

The team that created a new type of sensor allowing diabetics to easily and accurately monitor their blood sugar will be awarded a National Chemical L

RSC offers £1000 for explanation of an unsolved legendary phenomenon

Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? It seems a simple enough question - yet it has baffled the best brains for at least 2,300 years.

Does this government care about women in science? asks Professor Lesley Yellowlees

The government is failing in its duty to adequately support women in science, according to the President-Elect of the Royal Society of Chemistry.